WEBVTT FEDERAL AGENTS BREAK-UP A MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKING RING IN TAOS. ACTION 7 NEWS WAS THE ONLY STATION THERE, AS AGENTS HAULED 21 PEOPLE TO JAIL. REPORTER MEGAN CRUZ TELLS US WHY OFFICIALS SAY - THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT WIN, IN THE WAR ON DRUGS. Was this a hard ring to bring down? Were they pretty good at hiding their tracks? Certainly, that's why it took us as long as it did. IT'S A DRUG BUST MORE THAN 3 YEARS IN THE MAKING. ON THURSDAY, OFFICIALS ARRESTED 21 ALLEGED MEMBERS OF AN INTERSTATE COCAINE RING. ACTION 7 NEWS HAD THE ONLY T-V CAMERA IN TAOS... AS FEDERAL AGENTS RAIDED HOMES STARTING AT SIX THURSDAY MORNING. THEY SAY THIS MAN IS THE COKE KINGPIN. Ismael Adame, who runs a local plumbing business. He was kind of the hub and kind of responsible for importing. THIS IS SOME OF THE COCAINE SEIZED BY AGENTS DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION. THEY SAY THIS STING TARGETED MORE THAN JUST THE DRUGS. It's not just people won't be able to get cocaine - it's so people won't steal tvs to sell to buy cocaine. AND LESS CRIME... MEANS A MORE ATTRACTIVE TAOS... FOR POTENTIAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. We see that local law enforcement has forged partnerships with federal agencies - this might be a good place to come to. OFFICIALS ARE GLAD THEIR PERSISTENCE PAID OFF. We haven't seen anything to this scope or level since probably 2001. IN TAOS, MEGAN CRUZ, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. THOSE ARRESTED, FACE A NUMBER OF CHARGES -- EVERYTHING FROM POSSESSION OF DRUGS, TO TAX EVASION. OFFICIALS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR 3 ALLEGED MEMBERS.